Nevada Secretary of State Leaks 65,000 Primary Votes Before 7 p.m. Poll Closing
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Updated · The Nevada Independent · Jun 9
Nevada Secretary of State Leaks 65,000 Primary Votes Before 7 p.m. Poll Closing
3 articles · Updated · The Nevada Independent · Jun 9
Summary
About 65,000 votes from several rural counties and Washoe County were mistakenly sent to a Nevada Independent server around 4 p.m., roughly three hours before Nevada polls were set to close.
The secretary of state's office said partial results from nine counties were uploaded to a secure testing environment, inadvertently giving press access for less than an hour before the files were removed around 5:15 p.m.
Nevada law bars releasing election results until all voters in line by 7 p.m. have cast ballots; early-vote disclosures can be charged as a gross misdemeanor, and mail-ballot disclosures as a misdemeanor.
The Nevada Independent said it did not publish the data and contacted the office after receiving the files; the office said it informed the governor and attorney general and is reviewing its security procedures.